Woman struck by tractor-trailer on I-55 near St. Louis

ARNOLD, Mo. (AP) — A suburban St. Louis woman is dead after being struck by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 55 in Jefferson County, south of St. Louis.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 31-year-old Kerensa Scanlon of Pevely was a pedestrian in the right lane of northbound I-55 when she was struck about 11:30 p.m. Monday. She was pronounced dead at the scene.